Set 97
These formations have been noted:
| 50183 | 59095 | 50235 | Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| 53235 | 59092 | 53238 | Noted 15/12/83 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| 53235 | 59092 | 53238 | Noted circa 01/19842 | |||||
| 50139 | 59092 | 53238 | Noted circa 03/19842 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
24th July 1981
Norwich Met-Camm set 97 departs from Whittlesford on the 24th July 1981. 54A South Dock.
Unknown date
A couple of staff members alongside Class 101 DMU set 97 in Halesworth station. Date unknown, probably in the early 1980s prior to RETB in 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
August 1982
A good load for this recently arrived class 101 DMU at Great Yarmouth in August 1982. Kevin Lane Collection.
23rd October 1984
Class 101 set 97 departing from Lowestoft on October 23, 1984. Colin Brooks.
23rd October 1984
Class 101 set 97 with the 1100 Ipswich - Lowestoft arrived at Lowestoft (at 1230) on Tuesday 23rd October 1984. Colin Brooks.
23rd October 1984
Class 101 set 97 with the 1315 Lowestoft - Ipswich awaits departure at Lowestoft (1310) Tuesday 23rd October 1984. Colin Brooks.
27th October 1984
The 10:45 Lowestoft - Ipswich at Melton on 27 October 1984. The vehicles were noted on the slide as 53178 + 59092 + 53142. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa August 1985
A Class 101 DMU arrives at Battersby with a Whitby service, the slide process date is August 1985. The Norwich set number identifies the leading car as E53151, transferred from Norwich to Heaton in May 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
16th April 1986
A three-car trailer brake class 101 DMU at Saltburn on 16th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
16th April 1986
A three-car trailer brake class 101 DMU at Saltburn on 16th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
Unknown date
A five-car formation of Met-Camm vehicles departs westbound from York with a service for Bradford Interchange in the mid/late 1980s. The leading vehicle - 53151 - still carries its East Anglian set number 97. It had been transferred from Norwich to HT in May 1985, then to NL in the first half of May 1986. Graeme Phillips Collection.
July 1986
A six-car DMU formation at Haxby on July 1986. Leading is a three-car trailer brake Met-Camm set, 53151 is thought to be leading still carrying Norwich set number 97. The rear set appears to be a Class 110 with Class 108 centre car. George Woods.
circa 1987
Three-car Class 101 DMU set 97 (53238 appears to be closest) at East Suffolk Junction in Ipswich, probably on a Norwich to Ipswich service. Date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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